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smoker

smoker

3 8.3
A social event for men where they drink and use tobacco
  • noun
  • /ˈsmoʊkər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : velada para caballeros
  • Film Narrator (V.O.): Cobb and his friends were notorious for booze and sex parties they had in the off-season, parties they called 'Smokers,' which took place in various hunting cabins they would fill with hookers.
  • party smoker

Examples

  • We'll have a real smoker later, eh?

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Listen, as Del told you, we're putting a smoker together.

  • It looks like a fraternity smoker for lobbyists.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And at the smoker, we have my dear old Uncle Jack probably making sure Bobby-O doesn't overcook his famous pulled pork.

  • Parties called "smokers"... which took place in various hunting cabins... they filled with hookers... many of whom were his guests at the ballpark.

  • At the end of the month, we are hosting a smoker to celebrate the team's achievements with food and drinks.

  • The annual charity smoker attracted many local businessmen who enjoyed good food and cigars.

  • Last weekend, my friends and I attended a smoker that featured live music and great barbecue.

Compounds

3 3.5

A person who lights many cigarettes one after another

A person who regularly lights and inhales cigarettes

1 3.0

A person who often uses cigars to relax

1 3.4

A person who smokes tobacco from a pipe

9.9

An insulting word for a gay man or someone seen as very sexual

smoker fuel
  • Specialized
6.7

Natural material burned in a bee smoker to make smoke that calms bees

Surface Forms

smoker singular
smokers plural

Morphology

smoker = smoke (opaque) = smoke + er

Although historically connected with smoking, the meaning 'men-only social event' is not a standard or predictable result of adding '-er' to 'smoke'.

Etymology

Smoker as a social event comes from gatherings where people would sit, drink and smoke together, so the name uses the same smoke + -er idea, meaning 'people who smoke'. That's why a smoker became the name for a party, often one for men with smoking and entertainment.